review 1: Long, but enjoyable. Hard to keep track of all the characters, but after awhile you begin to understand it doesn't matter--each story, even if it's only a few paragraphs long, is strong enough to stand on its own. Each character, however briefly he or she appears, is fully descri...

review 1: For my reader friends, please give this a try-grabbed me from the prologue and goes through hundreds of years of history through the saga of a family. I have never finished a book and then went right back to the beginning to read it again. Rich in story, remembrance is all we hav...